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1Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act — British Columbia s Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act is approved by the Supreme Court of Canada, opening the door for the province to sue cigarette makers, in order to recover the billions spent in inflicted healthcare costs.ee… …
2Health care in Australia — is provided by both private and government institutions. The Minister for Health and Ageing, currently the Hon. Nicola Roxon MP, administers national health policy. Primary health care remains the responsibility of the federal government.The… …
3Health care reform debate in the United States — See also: Health care reform in the United States, Health care in the United States, and Uninsured in the United States Health care in the United States Public health care Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Indian Health Service… …
4Health care in the United States — ] Current estimates put U.S. health care spending at approximately 15.2% of GDP, second only to the tiny Marshall Islands among all United Nations member nations. The health share of GDP is expected to continue its historical upward trend,… …
5Health care reform in the United States — ] Current estimates put U.S. health care spending at approximately 16% of GDP. [http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/25 NHE Fact Sheet.asp#TopOfPage National Health Expenditure Data: NHE Fact Sheet, ] Centers for Medicare and Medicaid… …
6Health care system — A health care system is the organization of people, institutions, and resources to deliver health care services to meet the health needs of target populations. There is a wide variety of health care systems around the world, with as many… …
7Health care in Canada — Under Lester Pearson s government, Canada s health care was expanded through the Medical Care Act, or Medicare to provide near universal coverage to all Canadians according to their need for such services and irrespective of their ability to pay …
8Health care systems — This article describes policy related systems. For the article on hospital networks, which are sometimes referred to as health care systems, see hospital network. A health care system is an arrangement in which health care is delivered. There are …
9Health care industry — The health care industry, or medical industry, is the sector of the economic system that provides goods and services to treat patients with curative, preventive, rehabilitative, palliative, or, at times, unnecessary care. The modern health care… …
10Health care — For The Office television show episode, see Health Care (The Office). Health care (or healthcare) is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is… …
